from nominations
from peers and
staff members. This
year, students from
Hands for Service,
National Honor
Society, SADD and
Student Council
will be assisting
Mrs. Mikula to
make the program
even larger with
more recognition
for kind acts and
a more centrally
located Kindness
Chain (created
from nomination
slips) in the high
school cafeteria.
At the middle school, students were
introduced to the program during grade-
level meetings and learned more about
how to achieve the program’s goals
during classroom lessons with school
counselors.
The district also be using the Say
Something program,
also from Sandy
Hook Promise.
Say Something is
an education and
awareness program
that provides tools
and practices to
recognize the
signs and signals
of a potential
threat – especially
in social media, teaches and instills in
participants how to take action and drive
awareness and reinforces the need to
“Say Something.” Over the last 25 years,
research has revealed that in seven out
of 10 acts of gun violence, a friend(s)
were told that an act of violence would
be committed or may take place. In one
study, it was reported that in four out of
five school shootings, the attacker had
told people of his plans ahead of time.
For more information on our Sandy
Hook Promise programs, visit our
informative page under Parents – School
Safety.
ROSS TOWNSHIP
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